Phoenix II: Ford teams qualifying quotes

DALE JARRETT - No. 88 UPS Ford Fusion (Qualified 27th)
"We had a good pick up on both of our laps from practice. We worked on
race stuff mainly in practice and made one attempt at a qualifying deal,
but we were terrible. The guys put their heads...

DALE JARRETT - No. 88 UPS Ford Fusion (Qualified 27th)

"We had a good pick up on both of our laps from practice. We worked on
race stuff mainly in practice and made one attempt at a qualifying deal,
but we were terrible. The guys put their heads together and the changes
they made, especially with the shocks, made a huge difference in the way
that car drove. I could be aggressive and it did the things that it's
supposed to do. Hopefully that's a good sign for tomorrow and Sunday."

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JAMIE MCMURRAY - No. 26 Irwin Ford Fusion (Qualified 14th)

"The track is getting a lot of grip in turns one and two where the shade
is, but we've got a good balance for our car. We were at both ends of
being tight and loose in practice and the guys did a really good job
adjusting on it. It's been a pretty good start to our weekend for the
Irwin Industrial Tools Ford Fusion."

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DAVID GILLILAND - No. 38 M&M's Ford Fusion (Qualified 13th)

"That was a good pick up for us from where we were at in practice. I
felt the car was better than that and I think our car is really good
in race trim, so I'm really looking forward to this weekend. We just
traveled the front end of the car too much on that lap and kind of
pushed up the race track a little bit. We'll get it fixed for race trim
and see what we can do tomorrow."

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CARL EDWARDS - No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion (Qualified 12th)

"We were pretty conservative there and didn't go as fast as we needed to
go, but that will be a pretty good starting spot. I thought that second
lap was gonna be a little bit faster, but Bob's doing a great job. The
car is running great. To qualify eighth so far and go that easy, plus we
were so fast in practice, so that's nice."

IS BOB THE BEST OPTION FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW WITH WALLY WANTING TO MAKE A CHANGE? "Yeah, I feel like
Bob and Wally are equals and I'll take either one of them. I'm just sad
to lose Wally out of the company. That's the bad thing."

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MATT KENSETH - No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion (Qualified 10th)

"That was a great lap for us. We really struggled all day today. We got
a lucky draw and took advantage of it and got a good lap out of it."

CAN YOU BE OPTIMISTIC NOW? "Not really. I'm more optimistic after we
qualified, but in practice we were about a 30th-place car again today.
They made some wholesale changes and I don't even know what they all
did, but they made a bunch of changes. I think they had a lot of help
from the 99 car today, so we used most of their stuff and went and
qualified that and got a good lap and a good place to start. I didn't
even really nail the lap and it's still gonna get us a good spot, so
that part of it is good."

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GREG BIFFLE - No. 16 National Guard Ford Fusion (Qualified 6th)

"I had a good enough car for the pole and I just didn't drive it right.
I don't know. It's hard to do that one lap without making a mistake, but
the car wiggles a little bit and it's like, 'Can I swat the throttle or
am I gonna pitch it completely sideways and ruin the lap?' I know a .10
on the first lap wasn't good enough. I knew I was gonna be down some
speed, so I was conservative on that second lap pushing the gas down
and it just had so much grip. It was unbelievable and I just gave up so
much. The car was so good."

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WORKING WITH PAT NEXT
YEAR? "I'm pretty excited about it. I think I'll get along with Pat just
as good as I got along with Doug. They're both pretty similar and they
both work real hard, so I think it'll be a change."